Talk:Ancestors

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Өгбелер

Ögebeler

Ancestors

ögbe ancestor.

-ler plural.

Энесайым, Саян, Таңдым / Эртэ шагдан чуртум чүве

Enesayïm Sayan tangdïm / Erte šagdan čurtum čüve

My Yenesei, Sayan, my high taiga / Are truly my homeland from ancient times.

Yenisei name of a river.

Sayan name of a mountain range.

tangdy high mountain, high taiga.

erte early.

šag time.

-dan ablative.

čurt homeland, country.

-um 1st person possessive 'my'.

čüve thing, matter, object; also: particle indicating emphasis.

Эриг хойуг сыгыт хөөмей / Эгүүр шагдан ырым чүве

Erig xoyug sïgït xöömey / Egüür šagdan ïrïm čüve

Thawed and thick sïgït and xöömey / Are truly my songs since olden times

erig thawed, melted.

xoyug thick, dense.

sïgït style of throat singing.

xöömey style of throat singing.

egüür possibly a dialect form of egiir, a loan from Mongolian, cf. Literary Mongolian egüri long time, long ago, and egüride forever.

egiir as in egiir šagdan long since, since olden times.

Каргырааның өгбелери / Хая дашче хуулза-даа

Kargïraanïŋ ögbeleri / Xaya dašče xuulza daa

Even if the ancestors of kargïraa have turned into rock and stone (petroglyphs?)

kargargïraa style of throat singing.

-nïŋ genitive.

xaya rock, cliff.

daš stone.

xaya daš rock and stone (perhaps referring to petroglyphs?).

-če directive.

xuul- to turn into.

-za daa > concessive 'even if, although'.

Кадыг сеткил уйарадыр / Каргыраалаар төлдер бисте

Kadïg setkil uyaradïr / Kargïraalaar tölder biste

Among us are the descendents who sing kargïraa so that a harsh mood saddens

kadïg hard, harsh.

setkil conscience, mood, thought, mind, spirit, feeling.

uyara- to be sad, to grieve, to be cast down, dejected.

-dïr adverb suffix attached to verbs: 'to the extent/way that, so/such that, à la'.

kargïraala- to sing in kargïraa style.

töl child, offspring.

bis we.

-te locative.

Хөөмей сыгыт өгбелери / Көжээ даштар апарза-даа

Xöömey sïgït ögbeleri / Köžee daštar aparza daa

Even if the ancestors of xöömey and sïgït have become balbal stones

köžee monument, stele, balbal (Siberian stone figurines).

-tar plural.

apar- to appear; to become.

Хөрек чүрек хайымналдыр / Хөөмейлээр төлдер бисте

Xörek čürek xayïmnaldïr / Xöömeyleer tölder biste

Among us are the descendents singing xöömey so that breast and heart seethe

xörek breast, chest.

čürek heart.

xayïmnal- to seethe, to boil up.

xöömeyle- to sing in xöömey style.